Template:Reflist/Transwiki guide

The following steps below detail how template {{reflist}} is implemented on the English Wikipedia. If porting an exact copy of the template {{reflist}} to other Wikimedia projects, the following needs to be copied (and modified to suit the needs of your project); other wikis outside Wikimedia projects should make sure the latest versions of the extensions Cite, ParserFunctions and TemplateStyles are installed first, and if adding the tracking category you'll also need to install Scribunto. Please use an edit summary like the text shown so the history will show where each page came from.

Create or modify the following templates and system messages

Tracking category

The tracking category Category:Pages using reflist with unknown parameters uses the following templates:

Optional

To replace the default uparrow (↑) with caret (^)

CSS support

Copy the following CSS to MediaWiki:Common.css. → copy from [[:en:MediaWiki:Common.css]]

/* Make the list of references smaller */
ol.references {
	font-size: 90%;            /* Default font-size */
	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}

See also

Note: Wikimedia projects that uses automatic columns for references have 'wgCiteResponsiveReferences' set to true on InitialiseSettings.php. To request that this feature be enabled at your local wiki, please file a Phabricator task by filling in this pre-formatted Phabricator task.

• Extension:Cite
• Extension:CiteThisPage
• Columns for references

This template may have no transclusions, because it is substituted by a tool or script, it is used as part of a short-term or less active Wikipedia process, or for some other reason.